Game mechanism.



Patented 0st. 16, 1917.

mamazs llhllfitE are rnrnnr orieicn GEORGE A. TANNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME' MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 16, 1917,.

Application filed October 27, 1916, Seria1 No.'l28,052. Renewed Septemberil, 1917. Serial No. 191,897,

To alZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, Grouse Ar Tlinnnv, a c tizen of the United States, and a resident of tlucago, 1n the county of Cool: and sitate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements. in a Game Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanism whereby a game may be played by children, and by said game they will be educated in addition, subtraction, division and, multiplication.

The objectv of the invention is to, obtain mechanism adapted to be used in playing direction in which the said sections are viewed.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates said part throughout the several figures ofthe drawing. wherever the same appears.

X is the base of the device, and comprises the inclined upper face a, having the central point B, the ripples b, and the pockets C. Pockets C are illustrated as obtained by the radially extending raised ribs E. D are marks designating certain pockets, and inclicate that division of a determined sum is to be made. A, S, and M, respectively, are marks designating certain pockets, and indicate that addition, subtraction and multiplication of determined numbers or sums are to be made, when the ball (F) is lodged in the pockets indicated by said marks. G are numerals in certain pockets, and respectively indicate that the numeral in a given pocket is a factor in the game played by means of the device. 9 is a rim or boundary wall to base X. H are apertures in base X, which are substantially equi-distant from the central point B.

l is a tower comprising the standards J, fitting at their lower ends in apertures H,

and partitions K, L, and N. Partitions ILL, and N, arerespectively provided with apertures 7c, Z, and n. The upper faces of the partitions K, L, and N flare upwardly and outwardly, as at Z3, Z and n. P, p, are wires which are secured in the partitions K and L, to extend a short distance below the under surface of said partitions, and to cross each other at substantially right an gles, Q is a removable shell or casing to the tower I,

To play a game with this device the ball F is-permitted to fall or pass downwardly to the aperture 7c in partition K. The passage way (B) through said tower I is interrupted by the crossed wires P, p, and the partitions L and N; so that the travel of said ball through said passageway, is not directed by the manner in which said ball is deposited in the aperture 71:; but said ball is eventually discharged from aperture 72 on to the upper face of base X, and from thence it moves down the inclined face a, over ripples Z), and into some one of the pockets C.

By previously determined rules certain values are given to the pockets which are designated by numerals; and said values are applied when the ball becomes lodged in said pockets. lVhen the ball lodges in a pocket which is designated by the letter A, D, S, or M, an arithmetical problem is presented to the party who has played the ball so lodged; said problem being to add, divide, subtract or multiply by a factor determined by said rules the sum or value attained or about to be attained by plays of said player.

hen a game is played by a child, or children, the problems presented tend to exercise said child or children in what is termed mental arithmetic, under the guise of play.

I claim 1. In a game mechanism, a base the upper face whereof inclines downwardly from a central point, said base being provided with pockets at the lower end of said inclined face and with ripples between said central point and said pockets, in combination with a tower which is provided with an interrupted passage way and is mountable over said central point, and a ball which is adapted to travel through said passage way and over said rippled surface to said pockets.

2. In a game mechanism, a base the upper face whereof inclines downwardly from a central point and is provided with pockets at the termination of said inclined face, means to identify said pockets, said means including marks indicating addition, sub traction, division and multiplication, in combination with a tower over said central point, said tower provided with an interrupted passage way therethrough, and a ball adapted to travel through said passage way and over said inclined face to said pockets.

8. In a game mechanism, a base the upper face whereof inclines downwardly from a central point and is provided with pockets at the termination of said inclined face, means to identify said pockets, said means including marks indicating arithmetical operations, means to interrupt direct travel of a ball from said central point to said pockets, in combination with a tower which is provided with an interrupted passage way, and

a ball adapted to travel through said passage way and over the upper face of said base to said pockets.

4. In a game mechanism, a base provided on the upper face thereof with pockets and with aninclined face extending from said pockets upwardly to a central point, means to indicate said pockets, said means comprising marks indicating arithmetical operations, and a ball adapted to travel from said central point into said pockets, in combination with a tower mountable over said central point, said tower provided with a' passage way therethrough and said ball adapted to travel through sald passage way.

GEORGE A. TANNEY.

In the presence of- CHARLES TURNER BROWN, ANNA O. SWANSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 8.? 

